Creative Prompt/ Story Mode

Well, the dust finally settled. After months of uncertainty following the abrupt end of our season after blowing a 3-1 series lead to Colorado in the first round, the Scarecrows organization has finally decided to stay in St. Louis. No longer will we have to worry about the move to Saskatoon, since we had a new, 19,500 seat rink built just for us, the little SMJHL team, alone against what seemed to be all of our city. Finally, it’s opening night. No longer will our most recent game be a saddening blowout loss to Colorado in game 7 after we had a two goal lead with just 10 minutes left to close out the series in game 5. Also no longer will I be asked for my political views, at least for now. More importantly, the after game cake all of us are yearning for. Atop the piles of golden yellow frosting, a sculpture of our often forgotten mascot, Hayes the Scarecrow. Graceful as a scarecrow can be, Hayes will stand, doing his job, scaring the crows, at least those far away. I’ve gotta go, the looming start time of opening night urges me to get onto the ice and relax.

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